Kaila Partlo, whose daughter Brianna is in third grade at Riverside Elementary, took to Facebook earlier this month to complain that the school district hasn't done enough to protect her daughter from an older boy who is bullying her. The post was widely shared.

"He has shoved her down on the ground, grabbed her by the backpack (and) swung (her) around onto concrete, he has punched her in the face, he has held her down, punched her repeatedly in the stomach," Partlo told the Free Press.

Rhonda Lessel, a spokeswoman for the Waterford School District, said the school's previous principal met with Parlto last fall, and the new interim principal has met with her, as well.

"Out investigation did not warrant any disciplinary action at that moment," Lessel said, referring to last fall. "It’s important for us to do our due diligence and make sure that the student who is being accused is actually bullying."

Lessel also said the district takes bullying seriously.

"If concerns of bullying occur, our educators contact the parents of both students involved swiftly to resolve the issue. In this particular situation, meetings between the principal(s) and parents occurred to address the issue beginning last fall," she said. "We will continue our efforts and work with the parents to resolve this issue, and if necessary, put additional measures in place to ensure a resolution."

With new allegations surfacing in recent weeks, the district has made sure Brianna and the boy are in different recesses. The district also put an assistant on the school bus.

Wunderlich said the district plans to create an anti-bullying task force. Feedback from tonight's meeting will be used to inform a review of the district's anti-bullying policies.